Here we see that we are tasked with discerning if Trent Lott is a delusional
moron or if he is low-life scum politico who will mouth anything in an effort
to get votes form delusional morons. Either way its delusional morons all
the way down.

Sincerely,
Caroline

Lott Calls Homosexuality a 'Sin'
Largest Gay Political Group Angered By Remarks

By ALAN FRAM
.c The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (June 16) - An official of the nation's largest gay political group
says Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
is showing the right wing's influence by saying homosexuals should be
helped ''just like alcohol ... or sex addiction ... or kleptomaniacs.''

''It's an indication of how the extreme right wing has a stranglehold on the
leadership'' of Congress, said Winnie Stachelberg, political director of the
Human Rights Campaign, the 250,000-member
gay and lesbian political organization. ''It's comments like that that show he
is much more in step with extreme elements than any other.''

Lott, R-Miss., made his remarks while taping an interview for ''The Armstrong
Williams Show'' on the America's Voice television network.

During their interview, Williams asked Lott whether he considers homosexuality
a sin and Lott replied, ''Yeah, it is.''

Lott added: ''You should still love that person. You should not try to
mistreat them or treat them as outcasts. You should try to show them a way to
deal with that problem, just like alcohol ... or sex addiction ... or
kleptomaniacs.

''There are all kinds of problems, addictions, difficulties, experiences of
things that are wrong, but you should try to work with that person to learn to
control that problem,'' he said.

The remarks thrust Lott into a controversy that has engulfed the scientific,
gay and conservative communities: Whether homosexuals have chosen their sexual
orientation or whether it is biologically predetermined.

Many in the gay community say homosexuality is predetermined by biology. Some
conservatives and other groups believe homosexuality is a chosen lifestyle and
have searched for a ''cure'' for being gay.

Conservative leaders like James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family, have
met in recent weeks with Lott and other congressional leaders, urging them to
push for conservative priorities, including a tax reduction for many married
couples.

Such meetings ''may explain why he hasn't scheduled time for the nomination of
James Hormel,'' Stachelberg said.

Hormel is a San Francisco philanthropist and Democratic Party donor whom
President Clinton nominated last year to be ambassador to Luxembourg. The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination in November, but it
has been stalled ever since.

Earlier this month on CNN's ''Late Edition'' show, Lott said for the first
time that he opposes Hormel's nomination, viewing him as an aggressive
advocate of the gay lifestyle. As majority leader, Lott largely controls the
Senate's agenda.

Stachelberg also said Lott is ''out of step'' with scientific studies of the
causes of homosexuality.

Following the lead of the American Psychiatric Association, the American
Psychological Association declared in 1975 that it no longer considered
homosexuality a mental disorder. Some scientific studies have found
differences between the genes and brain structures of homosexual and
heterosexual people.